Sadly but not unexpectedly, we now have confirmation of the passing of veteran comic book and animation creator Don R. Christensen at the age of 90. Chad Frye, the president of CAPS, spoke to his daughter a few minutes ago and called to let me know.
I don't know if most comic/animation fans reading this can imagine the length and breadth of the man's career. Don was an animation storyman at Warner Brothers (Bob Clampett called him one of their best) before he began doing comic books. He produced a staggering number of scripts for Western Publishing's Los Angeles office, working on all the major Disney, Warner Brothers, Walter Lantz and Hanna-Barbera comics. He's easily one of the ten most prolific writers the medium has ever seen. He was also a very nice gentleman.